Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly respiratory illness spread by infected deer mice.Humans catch the illness from exposure to rodent droppings or urine, but ...

The deer mouse might be cutest among our problematic rodents. The tiny creature sports big eyes, large ears and a white underbelly. But, it can be deadly, too. The tiny rodent is known to carry ...

Description of Bovine Tuberculosis: Bovine tuberculosis (bovine Tb) is a disease found in mammals caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). In North America, bovine Tb is most commonly ...

There are 15 species of white-footed mice in the U.S. One of them, the deer mouse, is probably the most common mammal found in North America, from southern Canada all the way into southern Mexico ...

A person in Sierra County west of Reno has died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease transmitted by deer mice. It is the first case of hantavirus reported this year in California and the ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the white-food mouse, the primary carrier of Lyme disease.

Earlier this year the team described how some deer mice, depending on their personality, were more likely than others to cache red oak, white pine and American beech nuts in ways that promoted ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Through studying deer mice, the University of Montana gathered information about pregnancy at high elevations that can be beneficial for a wide range of mammals. Researchers ...

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species to thrive across diverse environments.

New Jersey’s most common native rodent is the white-footed mouse, or “deer mouse.” Its original habitat was forest and forest edges, but it has adapted to the human presence and is now also ...

Swamp rabbits, marsh rice rats, white-tailed deer, salamanders, foxes and coyotes are among the creatures in the eclectic life and academic background of Eric Schauber. Meet Illinois’ state ...